you would have seen that this cam was only released in Japan on March 5, 2004; and consumer cams are usually released in Japan first, and sometimes only released for the Japanese market and nowhere else.

Is the TRV38 listed under a different model name in Europe, because I can't find it on the Sony.co.uk website. Is the PCC30 as good as it says it is for a Single CCD, or is the 3Megapixels thing a gimmick?